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RYAN vs. MFC, SLF, PUK, WTW, CRBG, PFG, EQH, AEG, BNT, and EG

Should you be buying Ryan Specialty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryan Specialty include Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential Public (PUK), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT), and Everest Group (EG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Ryan Specialty vs. Its Competitors

Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Ryan Specialty (NYSE:RYAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 9.58% compared to Ryan Specialty's net margin of 6.97%. Ryan Specialty's return on equity of 47.70% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Manulife Financial9.58% 15.84% 0.75%
Ryan Specialty 6.97%47.70%5.69%

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Manulife Financial pays out 67.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryan Specialty pays out 141.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Manulife Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Ryan Specialty has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Manulife Financial presently has a consensus price target of $48.50, suggesting a potential upside of 54.92%. Ryan Specialty has a consensus price target of $76.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.76%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Ryan Specialty.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Ryan Specialty
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

Manulife Financial has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Manulife Financial and Manulife Financial both had 7 articles in the media. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Ryan Specialty's score of 0.87 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ryan Specialty
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.2% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Ryan Specialty. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryan Specialty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Manulife Financial$38.90B1.37$4.11B$1.9116.39
Ryan Specialty$2.52B6.91$94.67M$0.34194.78

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Ryan Specialty on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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RYAN vs. The Competition

MetricRyan SpecialtyINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.90B$26.50B$12.29B$21.12B
Dividend Yield0.75%1.14%5.55%3.60%
P/E Ratio194.7833.0417.9027.40
Price / Sales6.914.8226.0360.38
Price / Cash24.3732.2021.6322.92
Price / Book15.814.922.204.69
Net Income$94.67M$835.86M$997.25M$995.51M
7 Day Performance0.33%1.73%0.89%1.64%
1 Month Performance-1.30%2.76%4.37%5.92%
1 Year Performance12.04%-3.19%540.78%11.50%

Ryan Specialty Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
2.698 of 5 stars
$66.23
+2.8%
$76.00
+14.8%
+9.9%$16.90B$2.52B194.785,250Upcoming Earnings
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.9028 of 5 stars
$30.47
0.0%
$48.50
+59.2%
+21.3%$52.03B$38.90B15.9537,000Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.799 of 5 stars
$62.77
+1.1%
$88.00
+40.2%
+26.1%$35.38B$28.32B15.9731,768
PUK
Prudential Public
3.9154 of 5 stars
$25.11
+1.6%
N/A+42.4%$32.44B$16.66B10.8215,412Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.0611 of 5 stars
$309.14
+0.6%
$367.11
+18.8%
+15.6%$30.65B$9.81B-618.2748,900Upcoming Earnings
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.5759 of 5 stars
$34.95
+1.3%
$39.91
+14.2%
+20.9%$19.21B$16.06B29.615,200Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.7268 of 5 stars
$80.95
+0.7%
$84.08
+3.9%
-4.1%$18.15B$15.77B12.1219,300Positive News
EQH
Equitable
4.433 of 5 stars
$53.39
+1.1%
$64.18
+20.2%
+24.9%$16.22B$12.44B14.518,000Dividend Announcement
AEG
Aegon
4.4697 of 5 stars
$7.10
+2.1%
N/A+16.1%$15.64B$19.52B7.3923,123Trending News
BNT
Brookfield Wealth Solutions
N/A$63.84
+1.2%
N/AN/A$15.35B$14.10B193.465,000
EG
Everest Group
4.8757 of 5 stars
$341.27
+0.6%
$400.83
+17.5%
-13.0%$14.51B$17.28B17.563,037Positive News
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This page (NYSE:RYAN) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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